Cousino grad charged with poisoning CMU roommate

A Cousino High graduate is accused of poisoning her Central Michigan University roommate.

Kayla Ashlyn Bonkowski, 19, was scheduled to be arraigned by video Monday but posted bond and was released from the Isabella County Jail, according to court records.

A new arraignment date was set for 10 a.m. Monday in Magistrate Sandra Straus’ hearing room. Bonkowski graduated Cousino in 2011.

Because she is charged with a felony, poisoning food/drink/medicine/water supply, Bonkowski can’t waive her arraignment.

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Poisoning is a 15-year felony.

Bonkowski, who was named in a warrant issued by the Isabella County Prosecutor’s Office on Monday, is accused of putting bleach in her roommate’s iced tea glass at their apartment in the 4000 block of South Isabella Road in Union Township Nov. 11, according to the criminal complaint and police reports.

Bonkowski’s roommate called police, who investigated the incident and submitted a report to Prosecutor Risa Scully’s office, according to court documents.

Police said in the criminal complaint that Bonkowski wrote a statement and that she told police she put bleach in her roommate’s drink, according to the criminal complaint.

She also allegedly told police that she put bleach in the glass because her roommate is “mean” and “that she knew spraying the bleach was a serious thing,” according to the criminal complaint.

After police got to the apartment, Bonkowski’s roommate was taken to McLaren-Central Michigan for treatment, state police Sgt. Eric Sumpter said Tuesday.